CR - Social Justice Parenting - Picture Books

When Ms. Albert teaches a lesson on kindness, Chloe realizes that she and her friends have been wrong in making fun of new student Maya's shabby clothes and refusing to play with her.

Six-year-old Shin-chi and his older sister, Shi-shi-etko, are sent to an Indian residential school far from their home and parents. They must use only their English names and are not allowed to speak to each other for many months at a time as they work hard and go to mass and always seem to be hungry.

A young child describes what it is like to be a migrant as she and her father travel north toward the U.S. border. They travel mostly on the roof of a train known as The Beast, but the little girl doesn't know where they are going. She counts the animals by the road, the clouds in the sky, the stars. Sometimes she sees soldiers. She sleeps, dreaming that she is always on the move, although sometimes they are forced to stop and her father has to earn...

Hughes's spare yet eloquent tribute to his people has been cherished for generations. Now, acclaimed photographer Smith interprets this beloved poem in vivid sepia photographs that capture the glory, the beauty, and the soul of being a black American today.

To thank Miss Eula for her wonderful Sunday chicken dinners, three children sell decorated eggs and buy her a beautiful Easter hat.

Illustrations and rhythmic text recall the December, 1955, bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.

After watching a homeless man collect empty soft drink cans for the redemption money, a young boy decides to collect cans himself to earn money for a skateboard until he has a change of heart.

When Will finds a bird with a broken wing, he takes it home and cares for it, hoping in time it will be able to return to the sky.

Charlie convinces his sister Lola to recycle old things to save the planet. She enters a recycling competition so she can get a live tree to plant, but she needs help, so she gets her classmates to join in.

"Life on the farm with Granddaddy is full of hard work, but despite all the chores, Granddaddy always makes time for play, especially fishing trips. Even when there isn't a bite to catch, he reminds young Michael that it takes patience to get what's coming to you. One morning, when Granddaddy heads into town in his fancy suit, Michael knows that something very special must be happening--and sure enough, everyone is lined up at town hall. For the very...